Frustrated travellers have been met with long queues again as hundreds of thousands of Australians fly out to celebrate the Queen's Birthday long weekend.
Tens of thousands of holidaymakers have already flocked to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports on Friday morning leading to lengthy lines at check-in and security in a near repeat of the Easter weekend chaos.
There are long queues across Australian airports again as travellers fly out for the Queen's Birthday long weekend. Picture: John GraingerQueues started to form at airports from 5am with some passengers anticipating delays which caused mayhem two months ago. Some passengers standing in lines on Friday told reporters they were concerned it would happen to them.
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